Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
Imigrantul polonez Karol Karol se trezește fără o căsnicie, un loc de muncă și o țară când soția sa franceză, Dominique, divorțează de el după șase luni din cauza impotenței sale. Forțat să părăsească Franța după ce a pierdut afacerea pe care o dețineau în comun, Karol îl înrolează pe un coleg expatriat polonez Mikolah pentru a-l aduce clandestin înapoi în patria lor.
When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople (including the police chief and medical examiner) request that their troupe provide them a sample of their act, before allowing them public audiences. The scientific-minded disbelievers try to expose them as charlatans, but Vogler and his crew prove too clever for them.
Câteva personaje uşor excentrice decid să pornească într-o călătorie prin ceruri şi pe sub mări. Dezideratul se dovedeşte curând a fi unul foarte dificil şi mai periculos decât părea....
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
Ermus Daglek, retired Empathtek engineer, commandeers a defunct factory where he creates androids based on persons from his past and recreates a dinner party where he lost the love of his life - until they malfunction and escape.
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Johnny Jones, jurnalist american pentru New York Globe, este trimis în Europa în 1939 pentru a evalua posibilitatea izbucnirii unui al doilea război mondial. La Londra, îl întâlnește pe Van Meer, un bătrân politician olandez, singurul care cunoaște clauza secretă a unui posibil tratat de alianță. După un atac simulat, Van Meer este răpit de spioni naziști, iar Jones pornește să-l găsească în Olanda, ajutat în asta de Carol, o tânără fată al cărei tată conduce o societate pacifistă...
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.
1947. On a beach, Madeleine, a waitress in a hotel restaurant, mother of a little boy, meets François, a rich and cultivated student. The force of attraction that pushes them towards each other is commensurate with the secrecy that each carries. If we know what Madeleine wants to leave behind by following this young man, we discover over time, what François is desperately trying to flee by mixing Madeleine's fate with his.
A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.
When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brilliant too. But when he learns that Max's mother is Linda Ash, a kindhearted prostitute and porn star, Lenny is determined to reform her immoral lifestyle. A Greek chorus chimes in to relate the plot to Greek mythology in this quirky comedy.
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
Tina, un ofițer de vamă de o eficacitate incredibilă, este recunoscută pentru simțul ei infailibil. Practic, e ca și cum ar mirosi vina ori intențiile ascunse. Însă când Vore, un tip suspect, trece prin fața ei, capacitățile sale sunt puse la încercare pentru prima dată. Tina știe că Vore ascunde ceva, dar nu poate identifica ce anume. Mai rău, simte și o atracție bizară față de el. În timp ce dezvoltă o relație specială cu el, Tina își descoperă, în sfârșit, adevărata identitate. La fel ca Vore, nu aparține acestei luni. Întreaga sa existență s-a bazat pe o minciună, iar ea este nevoită să aleagă acum: să continue să trăiască în impostură sau să îmbrățișeze revelațiile terifiante ale lui Vore.
În timp ce testa un elicopter experimental, pilotul deturnează aeronava când află pentru ce a fost creată și ajunge să fie în curând să fie vânat la înălțime.
Hit man Cleve approaches writer/cop Dennis about a story for his next book: How Cleve made a living, working for one of the most powerful politicians in the country. To get the story right, they travel around the country to gather statements and evidence, while strong forces use any means they can to keep the story untold.
DNA revolves around a woman with close ties to a beloved Algerian grandfather who protected her from a toxic home life as a child. When he dies, it triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.